Spin Period
04 Oct 2019 = 22.7 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
05 Oct 2019 = 21.9 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
06 Oct 2019 = 21.4 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
07 Oct 2019 = 20.9 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
08 Oct 2019 = 21.3 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
09 Oct 2019 = 20.8 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
10 Oct 2019 = 20.4 seconds (from averaged panel temperatures)
Over the last week AO-73 has continued to spin, reverse to what we know as the normal direction.
On the 8th October AO-73 started to exhibit a level of instability that indicated it was about to commence tumbling again.
73 de Colin VK5HI.